House Carpenter Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][G][Em][Esus2][Em][Esus2][Em][G][Em]
[C][G][Em][C][Em]
[Esus2]Well

[Verse 1]
met,
well [Em]met said an old true [Esus2]love
Well met, well met [E]said [Esus2]he
[Em]I've just returned from [D]the salt,
[Bm]salt sea
And it's [C]all for the [Bm]love
of [E]thee[Esus2]
Come in, come in[Em],
my old true [Esus2]love
And have [Em]a seat by [Esus2]me
[Em]It's been three-fourths of of [D]a long,
[Esus4]long year[Esus2]
[Em]Since togeth[C]er we have[Em] been
[Esus2]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Bm][C][Em]
[Esus2]I

[Verse 2]
can't come in [Em]and
I can't sit [Esus2]down
For I've [E]only [Esus4]a mo ment
[E]s tim[Esus2]e
They [Em]say you're married
to [D]a house [Bm]carpenter
And your [C]heart will [D]never
[Bm]be m[Em]ine[Esus2]
[E]I could have married the [Em]kings
daughter [Esus2]fair
And [E]she would have mar[Esus2]ried me
[Em]But I have forsaken her
crowns [Esus4]of gold[Bm]
And [C]it's all for the [Em]love of [E]thee

[Interlude 2]
[Esus2][E][Esus2]
[E][Esus2][Esus4][Esus2][Bm]
[C][Bm][Esus2]

[Verse 3]
Now will [Bm]you forsake your
house carpen[E]ter[Esus2]
And go [E]along [Esus2]with me
I'll [Em]take you [E]where [D]the grass
[Bm]grows green
On the [C]banks of the deep
[Bm]blue [E]sea[Esus2]
Then she [E]picked [Em]up her
darling little [Esus2]babe
And [E]kisses she gave [Esus2]it three[E]
[Esus2]Saying stay [E]righ[Em]t here,
my darling [Bm]little babe
[C]And keep your papa com[Em]pany

[Interlude 3]
[E][Esus2][Em]
[Esus2][E][Em][Esus2][Em]
[C][Em][Esus2][E]

[Verse 4]
They [E]had not [Em]been on the ship [Esus2]2 weeks
I'm [E]sure it was [Esus2]not three[E][Esus2]
When the old [Em]true love began
to weep and to [Bm]mourn
And she [C]wept most [Bm]bit [Em]terly
[Esus2]Saying are you w[E]eeping for
[Em]my silver and [Esus2]my gold
Saying [E]are you weeping
for [Esus2]my store
Or [Em]are you weeping for
[D]your house carpen[Bm]ter
Whose [C]face you'll never see [Bm]no m[Em]ore[E]

[Verse 5]
A [E]curse, a curse [Em]to the sailor
she [Esus2]cried
[E]A curse, a curse she swo[Esus2]re
[Em]You robbed me [E]of
[Em]my d[D]arling littl[Bm]e babe
That [C]I shall never s[Bm]ee
no [Em]more[Esus2]
They [E]had not [Em]been on the ship
three [Esus2]weeks[E]
[Esus2]I'm sure it w[E]as not four[Esus2]
[Em]When there came a leak
[Esus4]on the bottom of [Bm]the ship
And [C]sank them for to [Bm]rise no [Em]more